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ARMY !N CUBA
IS INVESTIGATED
Beef Trust Involved and
Governor Magoon Is
Investigating
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 17. Iuvcs
t Ik:i tlona have been commenced licro
that may result In n scandul lnolv
Jng tliu Ameilcun m my of pacifica
tion, together with lepiesentatlvcs of
nt Habt two iif tho greatest packing
house concerns In Ihu United States.
Charges havo boon inailo that largo
iiunutltlcs of meats and many oth
rr good3 have been brought Into
Cuba frco of duty, for army con
sumption, which hne found their
vay tu certain shops where they
wore. Mild In open competition with
roods utiim which a duty had been
requited.
Thcso charges of fraud against tho
army arc attracting much attention
here, mid tho nctlon of Governor
MaKo'iu In instituting an Investiga
tion for the purpose of punishing the
Ktillty paitlcs If tho charges nro
found to bo true Is meeting with
much fa voluble comment.
For a ThoroiiRh Sifting
On tho other hand, Governor Ma
Boon declines that If tho charges aio
(also and cannot be proved, the per- 1
ions responsible for them must suf-j
fcr. It Is tho general opinion of both
lawyers and ncwspapeis hero that
tho subject Is entirely outside tho '
jurisdiction of the native courts, and ,
that It must bii tal.cn up and settled,
If at all, by tho American nuthotl
tlcs. Tho charges nro against tlio Amer-
v lean army commissary dopurtmcnt,
mid re made by the Dlurlo Hspnnol.
t The Investigation has already been
started, and today tho Havana repre
sentatives or two American firms,
Swift & Co. and Armour k Co., havo
been summoned to appear and glvo
Information icgnrdlng certain shlp
monts of the products of their llrm
to Hiivnna. Tlio "scandal" lias been
worked up by Vlctorlno Martinez, a
t-eportor on the Dlnrlo Kspanul, who
charges that meat coming here In
vlargo quantities from both Swift &
Co. and Armour & Co., who hold con
tracts with the Government, was al
lowed to pass 'duty free after tho pros
entntlon of a statement from tho
commissary to .the oustonn officials
that It wan solely for jho coitbiimp
tibn of tho army.
IJio cliarso la laaao mat oaix a
Wine, Liquor and Cigar
Met
part of the meat was for the army,
and that after tlio rest of It had
passed Into Cuba duty fico It was
fcold In the open market at ptlcea
which mado competition lmposstblo
for other dealers and Importers who
wero compelled to pay the regular
duty. Tho fmthcr charge Is mado
that American pianos brought In on
the tiausport Kllpatrlck for Ameri
can oniccrs, and which were admit
ted duly free, hnto been Fold In tho
market at low prlies. It Is also as
serted that tho same Is truo of largo
amounts of condensed milk, fold by
merchants near Camp Columbia,
who bought it fiom army o Ulcers at
S cents it quart, whereas In Havana,
It cannot bo sold r.t profit for less
than 10 or 11 cents, Matches aro
also mentioned In connection with
this alleged smuggling fraud.
There Is wjiiio fear hero that tho
Investigation will bring to light n
big scandal In tho American army.
The court has ordered tho customs
nlilelnls to produce the alleged state
ments from the commissariat and to
declare the exact amount of meat
brought In by tho Swift and Armour
firms.
Up to the Yankees
Concerning tho affair, Cuba, a lo
cal newspaper, b.ijs:
"Amorlcnn warships, with nil they
bring, are exempted from the Juris
diction of our custom houses, coming
under tho Jurisdiction of an Ameri
can functionary, the quartermaster
of the at my of pacification. Legis
lation now In force provides that
wheneVer suspicions arise that goods
fcubject to duty havo been landed by
1111 American naval vessel tho ques
tion of "their ni riving therefrom Bhall
be decided by the said quaitormnstcr.
It follows, therefore, that tho Inves
tigation of possible customs frauds
committed by tho American military
aro solely within the juilsdlctton of
tho Yankee authorities. If the Cu
bnu courts possessed Investigating
Jurisdiction they would likewise poh
fcess sanctioning and punitive Juris
diction." Governor Mngoon's prompt decis
ion that the Fonndnl bo Investigated
and cither tho eilprltn or tho fnlso
accusers punished Is favorably com
mented upon In nil depressions of
public opinion. The Dlurlo do la Ma
rina and 1..1 J.uchn both disapprove
of tho uttltudo of tho SpanlBh ele
ments, who aro charged with lntcr
lerlng lu Cuban politics and causing
Incidents like the ilot over tho Span
ish flag at Gunnes.
A DOWNHILL OAIT
The Thin Man- You remind ma of
water. Tho Fat Man: Ilecause wMy?
Tlio Thin Man: JJccauso ou can't
un uphill.. ui.jJeaUluf
"FASHION"
TWO jacks
Look for this Sign
HOW MR. BRYAN
STANDS WORK
Take Care of Himself By
Right Living and
Good Nature
(By JOHN SNURE in Philadelphia
Evening Times)
JKHSKY CITY, N. J., Sept. Up
swinging through the country with
llryan, one hears the question naked
11 hundred and more times a day,
"How docs ho stand It?" About four
persons out of live who hear lliynn
spcnlc and who sec him tu tho midst
of tho whirlwind of tho last six or
I eight weeks of a campaign aro cu
rious to know what thero Is about
his physical and mental makeup and
manner of living that enables him
to pa fs through tho stress of three.
Presidential campaigns as u candi
date and cumo out nlmoit unscathed.
Ho In now past that age when
most men arc nt tho zenith of their 1
enduinncc. In this contest ho lias
already done weeks of trying and via
oioub campaigning. Yet he shows
almost no signs of tho strain and Is j
in excellent general health and con- J
tilt Ion. Whereas the vocal organs of ,
most men that havo gone through
nuuu u ftliculllllK mui'.ll un jiu lltin
i.uuiy wuuiu no iinuiy suuiicrcu uuu
thoy would bo vigorously fortifying
themselves: with cough drops and
throat lozengci the "Peerless Lead
er," which his friends nro now nb
biovlatlng to P. J,., seems never to j
givo cue piescrviuiou 01 ins voice
more thin n passing thought.
Avoids Excesses
Leading tlio simple life has n groat
deal to do with Hrj tin's capacity for
tho sort of campaigning ho Is now
engaged In, Ho has, of course, n
powerful physique and untitle g:io
him 11 M)lco lu a million. Hut ho has
preserved himself well nml avoided
excesses. Tho men who linvn been
(traveling with the Democratic o.indl
' ditto thtoughout tlio campaign, somo
.of whom hne been with him lu his
I former cnnipalgns, sny he lives tho
1 most simply of any of tho members
of his party and that tho way ho
lives adds much tu his marvelous ca
pabilities for hard nud sustained
work.
Tor one thine, Hryau can sleep.
He li what called a good sleeper,
lie Is 1,0 ((instituted Hint tho troubles
of the day do not follow him Into tho
night. When he Is whirling through.
THE BEST
'fay
one Ht.ito after another, making 0110
or two long speeches a d:!!', with,
probably, numerous short car-end
talks, ami goes to bed thoroughly
tired out, ho drops off to sleep lu the
minutes and sleeps eight hour.i with
out a break, unless he is (ailed out
to nddresi an oaily 11101 ulng crowd
somewheic.
Takes Hap Any Time
To a lino faculty for sleeping at
night, Mr llryan adds tho ability to
take a short imp almost any time ho
wants to and to wako up with his
mind cleared and his body refreshed.
This serves him In good stead when
ho Is touring the country as ho Is at
present.
Tens of thousands of those that
havo hcaid llryan havo maivclcd nt
his voice and wondered nt his power
of oratory, but luivo probably not
glcu thought to his digestion. Mr.
llryan Is tho fortunate possessor of 11
good stomach. He ents anything
that other men who work hard eat,
and has an appetlto liko a black
tmlth or a harvest hand.
They tell n story on the llryan pri
vate car that for breakfast In n St.
Paul cafe tho other day tho candi
date searched through tho'hlll of fato
and finally alighted on an order of
four pork chops und somo fried on
ions. And yet some folks havo said in
this campaign tlint If llryan Is beat
en for Provident this tlmo tho blow
will be too much and will kill him.
Nothing but a greeu old ago would
heeni to nwnlt the man who nt -IS
can wicsIIh successfully with four
poik chops nnd fried onions for
breakfast Naturo did not Intend
him to die of politics.
Has Muscles ofIron
While Mr. Urynn Is beginning to
get along In years nnd to tuko on
Mesh, ho Is far from fat. He has
muscles of Iron, nnd big ones at that.
He undeistauds how to tnko caio of
himself. After 11 hard nnd long
tipeech, If ho has tho chance, ho tnkos
a rub-down nnd changes his wring
ing wet underclothing for dry gar
ments, mid ho Is then as good as now.
Naturally, Mr. llryan Is liospltnblo
nnd Is extremely considerate of tho
111011 around him, those who nro In
any fashion tu his employ or service
or who travel with him lu a cam
paign; If 0110 wants to llnd llryan
enthusiasm, accompanied by n pro
found conviction that llryan will bo
tho next President, ho should talk to
the poller, tho cook, and tho other
employes who nro on his private car
with him.
HOMELY BUT USEFUL
A doormat, vou must confess,
lu looks Is hardly neat,
Hut when It comes to usefulness
. U gets there ..with both feet, -
Stock in Town
Hotel Street off Fort
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GEORGE SEA'COULD
NOT GET WITNESS
Was In One Of Two
Places, But George
Wouldn't Go
Deputy High Sheriff Georgo Hoa is
nu adept nt bcrvlng papers, subpoe
nas, etc, on people, und ho Is well
famed for his delicacy lu tho carrying
out of what sometimes secin3 to bo n
hard mission. George, however, met
his Wnl erl 00 the other day, and ho
Is now going tho rounds telling u
good story on himself.
It hccnis that In tho trial of Men
douci versus Murkham, which Is now
going on before Judge Lindsay, a
witness by the nnma of S, K. Kcpo
honl was very material. A subpoena
wiib made out, and given to Georgo
Sea for service. Then begun u search,
high, low, and everywhere, und al
though tlio witness could not bo lo
cated, Gcoigo did not glvo up tho
hunt.
Then ono day ho learned that Ke
pohoul had died away back In 1907.
"What was I to do?" cried Georgo.
"I didn't know whether he had gono
,to Henvcn or tho other place, and 1
w-as afraid If I culled for him at ono
I place they would not let mo In, while
jit I attomptcd scrvlco In tho other
place, thoy wouldn't let mo out."
Which nil goes to bIiow that George
Is a good official, but, Just the sumo,c
ho Isn't telling which place lie was'
really nfrold to visit.
SET-'Tor Sals" cards at Bulletin.
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